TOP COURT RAPS JAN SURAAJ FOR PLEA AGAINST BIHAR ELECTIONS
New dELHI, Feb. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea by the Jan Suraaj Party seeking annulment of the 2025 Bihar assembly elections, reproaching the strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor-led outfit for invoking the judicial forum after having suffered a complete rejection at the polls.
A bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and justice Joymalya Bagchi refused to examine allegations of large-scale electoral malpractice, including direct cash transfers of Rs.10,000 to women voters during the subsistence of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), observing that courts cannot be used to undo an electoral verdict delivered by voters.
"How many votes did you get? Once people reject you, you use the judicial forum to get relief," the bench told the petitioner's counsel, pointing out that Jan Suraaj had contested 242 of the 243 assembly seats but failed to win a single constituency....
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